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Fragmentary letter in which the writer appeals to his masters for help, mentioning a loss he wishes to recover, orphans, and some wrongdoing connected with a stratelates (general), and asks that the matter be brought to completion. It dates to the 6th century AD.
Stratelates was a high-ranking title in Late Antique Egypt, often held by great landowners. The beginning of the letter is lost and the sense of several lines is uncertain.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below (catalogued as Brief mit Bitte um Unterstützung). It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.
[… ? lines lost …] […]…[…]…ω…ελθ…[…]…[…]…[…]…[…]… …ξεσαιτησ…[…]… περὶ τῶν πραγμάτων …[…]… καὶ ἦλθεν εἰς τὰς ἀκοὰς αὐτοῦ, ἵνα ἀπαιτῶ τοὺς ἐμοὺς καὶ ἀποσώσω αὐτὴν τὴν βλάβην. τὴν σωτηρίαν οὖν ὑμῶν τῶν δεσποτῶν μου, διὰ τὰ ὀρφανὰ […]… ἀνομία δεσποτικοῦ τοῦ στρατηλάτου. οἴδατε γὰρ ὅτ…
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